Monday night’s racing action at the Bojangles’ Summer Shootout saw a quartet of first-time winners etch their names squarely into the Bojangles’ Summer Shootout history books during the second round of the 10-race summer series held on the frontstretch quarter-mile at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NCWTS: “Never Give Up” Attitude Propels Byron to Third-Career Truck Win in Iowa
William Byron was able to fight back from a late-race pit road miscue and drive through the field, making a daring three-wide pass of Cole Custer and Ben Rhodes in turns three and four with 10 laps to go and holding off Custer on a green-white-checkered restart to win his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the season Saturday night at Iowa Speedway.
NXS: JGR Reigns Again in XFINITY Qualifying; Erik Jones Claims Iowa Pole
For the eighth time this season, Joe Gibbs Racing swept the top three positions in NASCAR XFINITY Series qualifying and left the rest of their competition searching for answers — led by Erik Jones, who toured the .875-mile Iowa Speedway in 23.204 seconds (135.752 mph) to grab the 21 Means 21 Pole Award for Sunday’s American Ethanol E-15 250.
AUDIO/RECAP: Purdy Wild Night Headlines Summer Shootout Season-Opener
Lightning in the sky and a vicious rainstorm that never came down could not put a damper on the the next generation of racing stars Tuesday night, as the 23rd season of the Bojangles’ Summer Shootout Series kicked off with seven divisions of Legend Car and Bandolero racing on the frontstretch quarter-mile at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NCWTS: Overnight Fire Breaks Out & Damages ThorSport Race Shop
A fire that broke out in the early hours of Monday morning has damaged the 100,000 square foot ThorSport Racing shop in Sandusky, Ohio.
INDYCAR: Hard Crash at Texas Sends Newgarden to Hospital; Damages Wall
A hard crash exiting turn four on lap 42 of Sunday’s rain-postponed Verizon IndyCar Series Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway has sent Josef Newgarden to a local hospital and ended the race for both he and fellow American young gun Conor Daly.
NSCS: Clutch Performance; Kurt Busch Claims Rain-Delayed Pocono Nail-Biter
Stewart Haas Racing’s Kurt Busch stormed to his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the season in Monday’s rain-delayed, rescheduled Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at Pocono Raceway, leading the final 32 laps of a fuel-mileage run and holding off fan-favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 1.127 seconds at the checkered flag.